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A ‘bolt out of the blue’: Pope Francis sets off an ecumenical earthquake

May 12, 2023 Christopher R. Altieri 48

Pope Francis made history on Thursday, when he added to the Roman Martyrology the names of twenty-one Coptic Christians martyred in Libya in 2015, giving them a date on the Roman calendar of saints and […]

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Why the serious drop in priestly vocations in Europe’s largest diocese?

May 5, 2023 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 67

On the Solemnity of the Annunciation, the Archbishop of Milan, Mario Delpini, made international news with his own “annunciation” that the priestly formation program in the Archdiocese was to undergo a major re-structuring. Before getting […]

Analysis

Do courts or religious leaders decide who qualifies as a minister?

April 20, 2023 Charles J. Russo 4

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), adopted during the height of the Civil rights movement, is the most significant federal anti-discrimination statute addressing employment. In relevant part, Title VII reads […]

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Free speech for some—but not for Christians?

April 15, 2023 Charles J. Russo 7

Can public school teachers make their faith known in public? As evidenced by a recent incident in Loudoun County, Virginia, controversy and confusion over this point—fueled by educators’ lack of understanding of recent Supreme Court […]

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On Jessica Bates and the “new orthodoxy”: Can people of faith still adopt?

April 10, 2023 Charles J. Russo 8

Jessica Bates, a widowed mother of five children aged ten to seventeen in Oregon whose husband died six years ago in a car accident unsuccessfully attempted “to adopt siblings from foster care,” both of whom […]

Analysis

Franciscan friar’s attack on bishops and doctrine is a theological disaster

April 5, 2023 T. Alex Giltner, Ph.D. 18

Franciscan Friar Daniel P. Horan, in a response to the USCCB’s March 20th document “Doctrinal Note on the Moral Limits to the Technological Manipulation of the Human Body,” refers to the Note as a “disaster”. […]

Analysis

DEI is a Trojan Horse inside the Catholic school

April 3, 2023 Dan Maher 21

A school with an office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is not a self-confidently Catholic school. The school’s leaders believe social justice requires bolstering the Cross of Christ, the Gospels, and Catholic social teaching […]

Analysis

The law-free zone of human sexuality and the Church today

March 26, 2023 Dr. Thomas R. Rourke 14

Examining the various components of the philosophy driving the proponents of the sexual revolution, as well as many Catholic progressives, a good summary of their various proposals is simply this: the entire realm of human […]

Analysis

Disconcerting quotations from Bishop Heiner Wilmer

March 21, 2023 George Weigel 51

Shortly before Christmas 2022, it seemed likely that Dr. Heiner Wilmer, SCJ, bishop of Hildesheim and a prominent proponent of the German “Synodal Way,” would be named prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of […]

Analysis

A view from Germany: The Synodal Way abuses the Catholic Faith

March 17, 2023 Anna Diouf 22

The consequences of the Synodal Way cannot be gauged yet. Much was decided: The dioceses in Germany are to enable the blessing of homosexual couples. They are to allow lay people to preach at Mass. […]

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From Pope Francis’ homily this morning during Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel (via Vatican Radio): Those who live judging their neighbor, speaking ill of their neighbor, are hypocrites, because they lack the strength […]

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